The VELO Sports Center is a velodrome located in Carson, California, United States. It is currently the only cycling track of its kind located in the United States. Formerly known as the ADT Event Center or LA Velodrome, it opened in 2004 on the California State University, Dominguez Hills Campus, part of the Dignity Health Sports Park complex. The facility is owned and operated by Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG). The track has hosted the 2004 UCI Junior Track World Championships, 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, 2006-2008 UCI Track Cycling World Cups, and 2012 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, and will host the 2028 Summer Olympics' Cycling competitions. The Official Olympic and Paralympic Training Site is home for USA Cycling’s national track cycling program, as well as for cyclists of all ages and ability levels year-round. It was the home for the Canadian Cycling Association’s national track cycling program. About the velodrome The current indoor velodrome was built in 2004. The $15 million, multi-use facility was designed by Rossetti Architects with structural engineer John A Martin & Associates. It is a track at per lap that is wide, and has 45 degree banks. It is made of approximately of Siberian pine, and seats approximately 2,500 spectators. The VELO Sports Center is always kept at , and 50% humidity. The track is open to all ages and ability levels, and encourages riders of all levels to try riding the track. Everyone who rides the velodrome must be track certified. The VELO Sports Center certifies riders on Saturday mornings at 10:30. Olympic legacy Original venue and 1984 Summer Olympics The VELO Sports Center is built just a few hundred meters south of the site of the Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics Velodrome, which stood where the soccer stadium is now built at Dignity Health Sports Park. On February 4, 1981, California State University Dominguez Hills was selected as the site of the Olympic velodrome. CSU Dominguez Hills President Don Gerth was eager to include the university in the ’84 Olympics. When Olympic Organizing Committee Chair Peter Ueberroth asked Gerth if he would like to have the Olympic velodrome, he replied, “We’ll take it. What’s a velodrome?” On July 9, 1981, construction began on the Olympic velodrome, and it was completed on time and under budget prior to the 8 July 1982 dedication and 7-Eleven/Bicycling Magazine Grand Prix on July 9-10th, 1982. The